Proverbs 29:15
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The rod and reproof give wisdom: but a child left to himself bringeth his mother to shame.A rod of correction imparts wisdom, but a child left to himself disgraces his mother.
In other translations
The rod and reproof give wisdom: but a child left to himself bringeth his mother to shame.A rod of correction imparts wisdom, but a child left to himself disgraces his mother.
Hebrew words
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Related verses
- Proverbs 10:1The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish son is the heaviness of his mother.The proverbs of Solomon: A wise son brings joy to his father, but a foolish son grief to his mother.
- Proverbs 17:25A foolish son is a grief to his father, and bitterness to her that bare him.A foolish son brings grief to his father and bitterness to her who bore him.
- Proverbs 29:17Correct thy son, and he shall give thee rest; yea, he shall give delight unto thy soul.Discipline your son, and he will give you rest; he will bring delight to your soul.
- Proverbs 13:24He that spareth his rod hateth his son: but he that loveth him chasteneth him betimes.He who spares the rod hates his son, but he who loves him disciplines him diligently.
- Proverbs 22:15Foolishness is bound in the heart of a child; but the rod of correction shall drive it far from him.Foolishness is bound up in the heart of a child, but the rod of discipline drives it far from him.
- Proverbs 22:6Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not depart from it.
- Proverbs 17:21He that begetteth a fool doeth it to his sorrow: and the father of a fool hath no joy.A man fathers a fool to his own grief; the father of a fool has no joy.
- Proverbs 23:13-1413 Withhold not correction from the child: for if thou beatest him with the rod, he shall not die. 14 Thou shalt beat him with the rod, and shalt deliver his soul from hell.13 Do not withhold discipline from a child; although you strike him with a rod, he will not die. 14 Strike him with a rod, and you will deliver his soul from Sheol.
- Hebrews 12:10-1110 For they verily for a few days chastened us after their own pleasure; but he for our profit, that we might be partakers of his holiness. 11 Now no chastening for the present seemeth to be joyous, but grievous: nevertheless afterward it yieldeth the peaceable fruit of righteousness unto them which are exercised thereby.10 Our fathers disciplined us for a short time as they thought best, but God disciplines us for our good, so that we may share in His holiness. 11 No discipline seems enjoyable at the time, but painful. Later on, however, it yields a harvest of righteousness and peace to those who have been trained by it.
- Proverbs 10:5He that gathereth in summer is a wise son: but he that sleepeth in harvest is a son that causeth shame.He who gathers in summer is a wise son, but he who sleeps during harvest is a disgraceful son.
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